Labour

Building Better for all of Canada: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

On Sept. 30, Canada honours the children who never returned home and the survivo...

Associations , Labour , Projects September 29, 2023

Skills Ontario opens registration for International Day of the Girl events

TORONTO — Registration is now open for Skills Ontario’s International Day of the...

Labour September 29, 2023

Indigeneity a key element to Centennial’s $112M A-Building design

The expansion of the A-Building at Centennial College is more than just an addit...

Infrastructure , Labour September 26, 2023

Atlantic Canada feeling the labour pinch amid more housing, immigration challenges

A worker from Eastern Canada paints a bleak picture of the current status of the...

Labour September 19, 2023

Landscape architect Cormier leaves legacy of beloved public squares, parks

MONTREAL — Claude Cormier, founding principal of Claude Cormier & Associes L...

Labour September 18, 2023

George Brown College’s Limberlost Place a smart building in every sense of the word

Limberlost Place, George Brown College’s 10-storey mass timber building at its T...

Labour September 15, 2023

Invisible, irreplaceable: rebar specialist Kit Steel takes pride in work nobody sees

The website for Welland, Ont.’s Kit Steel features photos of fully-completed pro...

Labour September 11, 2023

Vital overhaul of Burlington lift bridge pushes forward

The first phase of a $21-million overhaul of the iconic Burlington Canal Lift Br...

Labour September 11, 2023

Ontario government launches credential recognition survey

TORONTO — The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development i...

Government , Labour September 8, 2023

‘Demon’ the dog helps keep Gordie Howe Bridge site safe

Humans are usually responsible for safety on construction sites but on the Gordi...

Labour September 7, 2023

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Prevailing wage will benefit all skilled trades workers

In the 2023 federal budget, the government proposed Investment Tax Credits for g...

Associations , Labour September 6, 2023

Skilled trades career fairs visiting more cities this fall

TORONTO — Starting in September, the Ontario government is expanding its skilled...

Government , Labour September 5, 2023

Abandoned gas station in St. John’s gets pumped up with a new purpose

Choices for Youth (CFY), a non-profit organization that offers young adults a va...

Labour , Projects August 29, 2023

UPDATE: Ontario adds $160 million to skills training funding

TORONTO — Ontario is putting $160 million toward skills training programs, prior...

Government , Labour August 25, 2023

Topping off reached for Limberlost Place

TORONTO - Ontario’s first mass-timber, net-zero carbon emissions institutional b...

Labour August 25, 2023

Survey: Sponsorship, not mentorship, the answer to advancing women in construction

What women really need in order to advance in the construction industry is spons...

Labour , US News August 23, 2023

Ontario targets more construction workers through OINP invitations

TORONTO — Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Develop...

Government , Labour August 22, 2023

Power Workers’ Union members sign deal with Hydro One

TORONTO — Ontario’s Hydro One Inc. has announced that Power Workers' Union (PWU)...

Labour August 18, 2023

Group of Seven painting inspires historic barn restoration

When Dale and Dave Cox drove up with the real estate agent to the old property i...

Labour August 15, 2023

Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 7 to 11

Your top DCN headlines this week feature a story on a new sports complex in Whit...

Government , Infrastructure , Labour , OH&S , Projects August 11, 2023

MOL, Building Trades partner on three trades recruiting programs

TORONTO — The Ontario government has announced it is spending $3.6 million on th...

Government , Labour August 10, 2023

Pilot program seeks to reward companies that better protect temporary foreign workers

OTTAWA — Ottawa is introducing a new three-year pilot program that would incenti...

Government , Labour August 10, 2023

ICI contractors report urges shorter strikes, longer collective agreements

Two Ontario contractors associations are calling for reforms to provincial labou...

Labour August 10, 2023

Unifor president demands SNC Lavalin reinstate fired union head

MONTREAL - The head of Canada's largest private sector union is calling out SNC-...

Labour August 9, 2023

Unemployment rate ticks up to 5.5% in July as job creation lags population growth

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says employment was little changed last month as the...

Economic , Labour August 8, 2023

Ontario invites trades candidates to apply for OINP

TORONTO — The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Devel...

Government , Labour August 4, 2023

Early 2023 workforce stats for women look strong

Maybe, just maybe, efforts to recruit more women into the construction workforce...

Labour August 2, 2023

Government provides funding for more Trades & Tech Trucks

TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing $5.4 million to design and build t...

Government , Labour July 28, 2023

Gateway to the north: Steer chronicles Ontario’s storied northern roadways

As thousands of Ontarians trek up north on vacation this summer, few give though...

Labour July 27, 2023

Carpenters’ community mourns loss of Mark Lewis

TORONTO — The Carpenters’ Regional Council is mourning the loss of Mark Lewis, w...

Labour July 26, 2023

STO launches new CoQ credentials program

GUELPH, ONT. — Skilled Trades Ontario (STO) has announced a new element of its s...

Labour July 25, 2023

Big or small, off site constructors are building on their foundations

Multi-unit housing is one of the fastest growing areas of modular construction a...

Labour July 24, 2023

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